Cool analysis! Two questions. 1) Will you share the software you used for this analysis? I briefly scanned the article Methodology, but didn't see names dropped. Forgive me if you mentioned it there. 2) Are you hoping to win an Ig-Nobel prize with this? :D

Speaking of unlearning rotations, has anyone looked at https://bivector.net ? Some other hacker posted it a while back on another thread and I found it to be really intriguing.

This. This is exactly what I was thinking as I was reading through these threads. Logged in just to upvote, but might as well say: "Thanks for being out there my thought-doppelganger!"

The most surprising thing about this is how many HN readers/commenters are actually seeking help at a brick and mortar store full of "geniuses".

Same here! A while back I found some of my old Allegro games from a high school CS class (choked back chunks), and with little effort got them to compile on modern macOS. It was quite nostalgic.

After playing an hour+ of browser emulated Mario Kart 64, and then reading this, it seems that worthwhile art (or software) will be kept alive until it languishes in the cultures mind.

Perhaps this is the statement of the piece, albeit on a shorter timescale. When does a piece of code execute for the last time? When does a piece of art last get appreciated?

Personally, I like how it all went downhill very quickly in the last 10s.